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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

How can community financial institutions thrive in 2021? according to FFIEC and FDIC data. Additionally, community financial institutions are more likely to leverage relationship lending to help smaller businesses obtain loans that they might not be able to secure with larger institutions based solely on their financial information.

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Bank Regulators Seeking Comments on the Use of AI and ML in the Industry

Perficient

The five federal agencies are: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board (Fed), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the. Email: 2021-RFI-AI@cfpb.gov. CFPB-2021-0004 in the subject line of the message. Include Docket No.

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Does your bank need cyber insurance?

Independent Banker

Steps such as multi-factor authentication have proven to be highly effective and are viewed as minimum security features for banks seeking cyber insurance. Some insurance carriers even offer discounts for banks that have additional layers of security, such as multi-factor authentication or end-point detection and remediation.

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Federal banking agencies issue guide for community banks on conducting due diligence on fintech companies

CFPB Monitor

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Legal and regulatory compliance. Information security program and information systems.

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Cross River Bank faces reg scrutiny

BankInovation

in March following a cease-and-desist order from a standard review in 2021 regarding “unsafe and unsound banking practices related to its compliance with applicable fair lending laws,” according to the consent agreement. “We Tech-forward Cross River Bank reached a consent agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Federal banking agencies Issue “Crypto Asset Roadmap” for 2022 guidance; OCC confirms prior interpretive letters on crypto (but adds no-objection requirement)

CFPB Monitor

The 2022 clarity promised by the “roadmap” presumably will supersede, once issued, Interpretive Letter #1179, which appears to function as a general stop-gap until the 2022 publications hopefully provide more detail regarding exactly how banks can attain compliance. Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space.

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Finance Policy Predictions 2020: AML, Authentication, Collections & CRA

FICO

The laws and rules governing anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism compliance have not been substantively updated since the Bank Secrecy Act was adopted in 1970. In December, the FDIC and OCC issued a proposed rule to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). I say Congress gets a deal done in 2020.